Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones was born Catherine Jones on Sept. 25, 1969 - or so the story went (rumors would persist that she was as much as 10 years older than her age, but she always denied the claims. Her mother Patricia was an Irish seamstress and her Welsh father Dai ran a confectionary company. Dai's mother's name, "Zeta," would prove a helpful addition to her name when the aspiring actress began a career in a world full of Catherine Joneses. But that career would not begin for about five long years after Zeta-Jones was born in the Welsh seaside town of Swansea. She started taking dance classes at the age of four, and by the age of 10, was performing regularly with the local church-sponsored t... Continue Bio >>